Kim Jong Un is willing to give up nuclear weapons if the security of his regime is guaranteed, says South Korea, after he reportedly said it was the last wish of his father. An envoy from Seoul made the announcement after meeting the North Korean leader, who is also said …

The number of open licences for weapons given to Saudi Arabia has increased considerably since Theresa May became Prime Minister, according to government figures analysed by Sky News. The country has been leading a coalition of nine Arab countries in airstrikes against Yemeni rebels and their allies since 2015 – …

Donald Trump has ridiculed the Academy Awards, suggesting that the ceremony suffered its lowest-ever TV ratings because “we don’t have stars anymore”. An all-time low 26.5m viewers tuned in for Sunday night’s show, a 19% drop from last year. Taking the opportunity to criticise the politically charged event, President Trump …

More than 131 years after being thrown overboard, the world’s oldest message in a bottle has washed up on a beach in western Australia. The bottle was found by Tonya Illman and Grace Ricciardo in the dunes near Wedge Island in January. Weeks of research and correspondence crafted a Sherlock-style …

A nationwide state of emergency has been declared in Sri Lanka following anti-Muslim riots that have killed at least two people. Dozens of mosques and homes were damaged on Monday night as crowds went on a rampage, sparking fears that communal violence could spread. The body of a 24-year-old man …

Agents from the Colorado Inspector General’s Office arrested a prison correctional officer and the 64-year-old mother of a Sterling Correctional Facility inmate shortly after the pair made a drug exchange at a McDonald’s restaurant, officials say. Mark Christian English, 31, of Sterling, and Lora Wilson have been arrested for investigation …

Byron Rollins, The Associated Press Perry Klein poses with his amateur radio equipment at his Bethesda, Md., home, March 6, 1960. Klein, a senior in high school, and Rafael Soifer of New York, both amateur radio operators, have been credited by MIT as having conducted probably the world’s first successful …

Life lessons learned outside the kitchen often help when cooking within it. I find that the easiest way to care for someone is merely to see how similar that person is to me. It’s much the same with strange or exotic cooking, the kind of food we frankly fear to …

Dear Amy: I DETEST the grating, creaking and dragged-out tonal quality of “vocal fry,” as epitomized by the Kardashians’ voices. Not only is this croaking like fingernails on the chalkboard, but it also damages the vocal cords. Why does anyone want to sound like this? Suffice to say, it’s a …

When Rhys Duggan and his partners were discussing plans to purchase the 62-acre property bounded by the South Platte River, Speer Boulevard, Interstate 25 and railroad tracks in central Denver, they called it by the code name “doughnut hole.” Aside from Elitch Gardens Theme and Water Park, the site is mostly …